Röhsska Museum
Röhsska Museum | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | National Romantic |
Town or city | Gothenburg |
Country | Sweden |
Coordinates | 57°42′0″N 11°58′24″E / 57.70000°N 11.97333°E |
Construction started | 1910 |
Completed | 1914 |
Client | The City of Gothenburg |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Carl Westman |
The Röhsska Museum (Swedish: Röhsska museet, earlier named Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet, also known as Design Museum), is located in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1] It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts.
The museum collection consists of over 50,000 objects. [2] The majority of the collection consists of handicraft and design products from Sweden and Europe and arts and crafts from Japan and China. The museum also holds a very fine collection of fashion from the 20th and 21st centuries, including many haute couture garments from Paris and other famous fashion designs from all over the world. Today, the Röhsska Museum mainly collects contemporaneous material and the museum seeks to achieve a dialogue with its users on contemporary phenomena and expression.[3]
History
The Röhsska Museum was founded in 1904.
The museum's first curator was
See also
References
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